UOSM2008 2015

Topic 2: Do we even have a single identity?

Trying to decide whether it is better to keep a unified online identity, or break it into pieces, I began to think about our offline identity. Are we really coherent personas in real life? I doubt it. For example, there is a difference between my behaviour in my tutor’s office and in a pub. Although some part of my character is observable in both situations, there is a clear difference in how I present myself depending on environment. For me, it is some form of a connected identity. Continue reading →

Holiday Job Opportunity

STUDENTS AS CREATORS AND CHANGE AGENTS PROJECT: REDESIGNING THE LEVEL 1 BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM Opportunity for 10 days paid project work in the Easter break for 4 students (with follow up as an Excel whole summer project to one successful candidate) How would you like to help us design the structure and content of 4 new level 1 Business modules? You will be working with a small team of staff and fellow students on such tasks as Drawing upon published research into... Continue reading →

Topic 2: A Double Blog Life – The Arguments For and Against Multiple Online Identities

Owning more than one identity online is a particularly common occurrence in our existence in the online world. The arguments for and against having multiple identities online are particularly divisive amongst the online community. In this blog, I will discuss some of these arguments and offer my thoughts on the topic. With many of our lives firmly linked within the online world, multiple online identities are commonplace and serve different purposes. Continue reading →

Tutor Feedback on Topic 1

Thank you for all your contributions so far. We have very much enjoyed reading them. Don’t forget this Topic 1 is not formally graded but please adjust your approach if necessary as suggested in the feedback, for your contributions to Topics 2 – 5. Your individual feedback was added to your googledoc yesterday. Here are some general comments: Basic information about the structure and expectations of the module is available in the Study Guide and Assessment pages of the module blog. Continue reading →

Topic 2- Online Identity and Privacy

A survey conducted in September 2014 highlighted key findings, stating that multi-platform use is rising. “52% of online adults now use two or more social media sites” (Duggan et al 2015). With Facebook still being the most popular use of social media (figure 2.1), many people are now branching out into other social media, perhaps for other social or professional purposes. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Digital Visitors and Residents – Reflective Summary

Beginning my UOSM 2008 blog about the concept of distinguishing and differentiating users proved not only interesting in and of itself, but also enlightening in that it had never crossed my mind that we might be able to categorise every user on the web in one sliding scale between being a resident and visitor. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary: Topic 1

When I first came across the question for topic 1 I had no idea what my answer would be. After using my Web skills to carry out some research, however, I soon discovered not only White’s theory on ‘Residents’ and ‘Immigrants’, but also the previously commonly held theory by Prensky, that Web users can be divided into ‘Natives’ and ‘Immigrants’. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflection

Well topic one is now over and upon reflection of writing the blog post and reading what others had to say on the topic, I can say that most people’s posts I read were heading on the same track with the question that we were all given. All went down the path of explaining what digital relatives and visitors are, with a little information about the earlier model created by Prensky (Digital Natives and Immigrants). Continue reading →

Reflective summary on topic 1

When I first saw the question for topic 1, i thought that I fall into the digital visitor class in terms of making use of today’s technology and the Web but as I started my research on this topic and looked at different peoples ideas such as Mr White’s and read the previous years blogs that were written about the same topic, as I gathered more information, It started to change my opinion and agreed that I am more of a digital resident rather than a digital visitor. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary: What is learned from Topic 1 discussion (The Digital Visitors and Residents)

The concept of Digital visitors and Residents brought up a broad discussion among the class. At first I thought it is was a really complex concept to understand, but when I did my research and especially reading White, D. S., & Cornu report, I understood it in much simple way. My blog focused on how much these two categories are combined together, and they should be treated as a continuum rather than two separate boxes. individual users can call into both of these categories. Continue reading →

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